James Cimino

For the physician-scientist and biomedical informatician, see James J. Cimino.

James E. Cimino, M.D. (1928-2010) was a physician who specialized in palliative care. He is best known for his invention of the Cimino fistula and for transforming Calvary Hospital into the Palliative Care Center it is today.[1]

Cimino did his residency in Buffalo, in internal medicine, then moved back to the Bronx to work at the VA Medical Center where he started a program on dialysis. He developed techniques for employing Arteriovenous fistula in patients with chronic renal failure, which led to a presentation in 1966 at the convention of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs. His presentation at first was met with indifference, but eventually was established as an important contribution to the field.[2]

His granddaughter, Victoria Cimino, is a medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and received her M.P.H. in Healthcare Management and Policy from Columbia University.

References

  1. ↑ Konigsberg, Eric (8 July 2007). "Dr. Joseph Cimino, 73, Dies; Was Leader in Public Health". The New York Times. p. 17. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Gupta, Nelly Edmondson (October 2006). "A Milestone in Hemodialysis: James E. Cimino, MD, and the Development of the AV Fistula". Renal & Urology News. Retrieved 11 February 2013.